The toll in the church was about 18 to 20 dead, out of the 55 who were in the church at the time. Metal siding was thrown downwind up to 500 yards into the woods. Path width: 60 yards
Path length:5.3 miles
Path length:3.9 miles
Deaths:
March 1, 2017
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: None. F-scale: F2
Counties: Washington IN, Scott IN
Injuries: 0
January 18, 1929
were blown down. Time: 7:00pm
Time: 7:03pm - 7:06pm EDT
In appears to have struck in or very near Winchester, so additional research may help to pinpoint its exact location. Notes: This tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path and heavily damaged a metal outbuilding on North Spangler Hill Road before dissipating near the intersection of North Spangler Hill Road and North White River Road. EF-scale: EF0
April 23, 1968
About forty other homes had minor damage. Three people were killed in a home near Alpha and two in a home near Sumter. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. F-scale: F1
March 1, 1997
Several homes experienced roof damage with some windows blown out. F-scale:
It's been mapped here according to the information in Storm Data, but additional research would be helpful. Time: 3:40pm
The tornado then crossed US 27, destroying several barns, uprooting and snapping trees, and damaging several homes. Path length: 1/2 mile
Deaths:
June 6, 1917
F-scale: F2
For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United States. Path width:
Path length:
Time: 10:15pm
Path width: 35 yards
Barns and the L&N roundhouse were flattened. There were several pieces of lumber that were impaled in the ground and pieces of metal sheeting were thrown into trees. Numerous pallets loaded with mulch and topsoil were thrown or shifted several yards. A satellite dish was blown about a mile. A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. Injuries: 0
Tornadoes have always been pretty intense throughout central and southern US. Injuries: 0
Path length:
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. The glass was not even cracked. The tornado weakened to an EF-1 at 871 Palmyra Rd. Injuries: 0
Counties: Harrison IN
Path width: 50 yards
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Outreach The tornado moved into far southeast Washington County before reappearing in Clark County. March 10, 1986
Injuries: 0
June 2, 1987
Path length:
Time: 1:17pm
Path length: 6 miles
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. Deaths: 0
Path length:
F-scale: F1
The tornado moved along Muddy Fork and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Time:
EF-Scale: EF1
Path width: 30 yards
June 11, 1985
Path width:
Spot Request Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data list 50 yards. The tornado ripped the roof off of a brick home there. Time: 5:10pm CDT
October 18, 2007
Path width: 200 yards
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 100 yards
Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . Injuries: 4
Injuries:
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. February 20, 1951
In Metcalfe County, south of Center, a pole barn was uplifted and scattered across a field. Path width:
Path length: 5 miles
Two homes and several barns were destroyed. Here a 9-year-old boy was partially scalped and suffered a fractured skull. Anoutbuilding, previously used to make brooms, next to the house hadsignificant damage when a large tree fell on top of it. Narrative: A tornado moved northeast from near Park City to Cave City. Injuries:
EF-Scale:EF1
A neighbor along Deatsville Road had a tree fall and crush a trampoline. April 28, 2017
June 23, 2017
Deaths:
Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. EF-Scale:EF1
Path length:
Time: 6:50pm
Path length: 2.8 miles
Counties: Jefferson IN
Path length: 5 miles
F-scale: F2
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. F-scale: F2
Counties: Barren, Metcalfe
Deaths:
Path length:
EF-Scale: EF-3
Another RV was tipped over onto its side. Injuries: 12
The last evidence of the tornado was at the north end of Quaker Rd, where small branches were broken. Injuries: 0
Notes: The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC and Grazulis give nothing. Injuries:
The tornado lasted for a minute or less. Time: 10:28pm EDT
Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west. Counties: Shelby
EF-scale: EF1
Counties: Anderson
Nicholas has had the fewest, with only 2. Finley recorded Counties: Jefferson KY, Clark IN
Time: 11:20pm EST
Path width: 50 yards
One building was damaged at the touchdown site. Deaths: 0
Path width:
Notes: The tornado destroyed a shed when it touched down along North CR 200W west of Haysville. Injuries: 0
June 6, 1990
Notes: The tornado mostly did damage to the upper halves of several trees along its path. Injuries: 1
Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski (and on into Rockcastle and Laurel)
Counties: Taylor
Originally, the head of the National Weather Service in Lexington, Jim Speray, claimed that the damage was done by a downburst rather than by a tornado, with winds of 100 to 200 mph. A car was overturned on Main Street. Path width: 60 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC and Storm Data list both Taylor and Washington countiesNCDC lists only Taylor CountyGrazulis lists only Washington County. April 3, 1974
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give 3 injuries, Grazulis gives 6, Storm Data gives 0. This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. SPC/NCDC start this tornado at Savoyard in Metcalfe CountyGrazulis and Storm Data start it "east of Hiseville" with Grazulis starting it in Barren County but Storm Data only mentioning Metcalfe County (Hiseville is three miles inside Barren County) on KY 314. At the 200 block of Cross Creek Court wasthe clearest evidence of trees facing all eight cardinal directions. Notes: Interspersed among straight-line wind damage was a tornado that first touched down a half mile east of Amos. May 31, 1998
July 21, 1996
Additional barns were destroyed on the Wiley and Bramlett farms. Path width: 60 yards
A home near the intersection of Montpelier Rd and Old Montpelier Rd sustained minor siding damage. Counties in a high risk tornado area include Smith County, MS, Scott County, MS and Covington County, MS.The largest tornado on record occurred on 12/05/1953, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from Commiskey to Dupont. Time: 6:30pm
Deaths:
Path width: 200 yards
Nevertheless, the city and the surrounding area see hundreds of less apocalyptic tornadoes a year. 4 miles west of Cloverport, additional minor damage was done to a group of homes along 2169. Path width: 400 yards
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. The mother was blown 400 yards, and her two daughters "with arms interlocked" were blown 50 yards. County: Clark, IN
Path width: 50 yards
Path width: 100 yards
Time: 7:07pm EDT
County: Jefferson, KY
Time: 1:47am EST
Trees were blown down in the steep valleys as well as on the hilltops. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest. I was just 4 years old at the time but, I remember the wind blowing hard all that day. Counties: Madison
F-scale: F1
Path length:
Deaths:
June 16, 1982
A few more homes received minor damage before the tornado lifted near Longview. Path length:
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Pictures confirm this. (Credit: Library of Congress . Path width:
Damage was confined to IMS Lane. Path width: 60 yards
Counties: Scott IN
Time: 2:00pm
Counties: Dubois
Path width: 150 yards
Deaths:
The storm basically swept away coastal dwellings and caused severe economical and cultural damage due to loss of parishes and heavy destruction of trees. Injuries: 16
Time: 9:15pm
An old RV had its roof removed and large sections of debris were thrown about 100 yards. F-scale: F1
Notes:This skipping tornado first touched down along Campbellsville Rd near the community of Cane Valleywhere it downed power lines as it snapped tree limbs and uprooted several large trees. The tornado was said to have been "thrashing about like the tail of a mad beast". F-scale: F4
Counties: Scott KY, Fayette
There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Click on a county name to see a map of every known tornado track in that county. Grazulis narrative:
March 23, 2012
June 1830
Another nighttime tornado struck Grazulis ends this tornado closer to Riverside, SPC and NCDC end it closer to Richardsville (both in Warren County). Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast from seven miles southwest of Salem to near Little York. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. F-scale: F1
F-scale: F2
The tornado proceeded to Route 79/259 and struck a home just north of A.H. Wilson Road with EF-2 strength. Path width:
Path width: 50 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Are there any mini "Tornado Alleys" in this areaor in your county? SPC and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis and Storm Data list 18. November 22, 1992
The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. The tornado reached its peak strength, high-end F3 (possibly F4) over a four-mile stretch of eastern Fayette County. Deaths:
All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. Injuries: 0
F-scale: F2
However, before plotting the Taylor County tornado, an F-scale must be investigated. Time: 5:53pm
Seventeen houses were damaged along Walnut Street from Fifteenth to Seventeenth Streets, a home was severely damaged near the corner of Madison and Thirteenth Streets, and a factory was damaged at the corner of Chestnut and Twelfth Streets. Time: 8:00pm
Narrative: Moved northeast from four miles south of Eminence, passing one mile north of Pleasureville. Time: 6:18pm CDT to 6:45pm CDT
Eagle Park was Louisville's baseball park before the new one to the south was constructed. Both were destroyed. A one month old 64'x56' barn with 6' footers in concrete was destroyed. Time: Noon
Injuries:
Counties: Orange
Time: 1:08am EST to 1:12am EST
Air Quality Counties: Metcalfe
Hourly Observations Time: 12:03am - 12:09amEST
There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. NWS Notes:While Lexington newspapers listed the many farms that were struck by the tornado (or its attendant straight-line winds), no road names and few references to nearby towns were given. tornado: [noun] a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land. Injuries:
F-scale: F1
Deaths:
SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 1 1/2 miles. F-scale: F2
Noted discrepancies: Grazulis ends this tornado just inside the Franklin County line, but SPC and NCDC take it all the way to Frankfort. Make every effort, by comparison with trees and houses between the tornado and the observer, to get its height, width, and speed: these can be much better found out at a little distance than close to the cloud. Three barns were destroyed, 2 of them were concreted in strong firm footers. F-scale: F1
Deaths: 4
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. May 25, 1973
Counties: Warren
Deaths: 0
Deaths: 0
the time of tornado occurrences, and even calculated Counties: Simpson, Allen
June 17, 1997
If the tornado could not be cross-referenced in Grazulis, the tornado was plotted where the National Weather Service latitude/longitude pair specified. Deaths: 36
County: Henry
Deaths:
wagon was reported to have been thrown two They account for 68 percent of all Great Plains tornadoes. Time: 9:30pm
Injuries: 0
Path width: 75 yards
F-scale:
Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Queens Chapel Church and on KY 314, Spillman Road, and Thurmon-Sexton Road. The tornado crossed the highway, uprooted two trees, and lifted. Counties: Clark KY
Path length: 0.6mile
EF-Scale:EF1
Residents reported half inch hail, followed by a surge in lightning, then quiet, then a 20 second loud roar with popping in their ears followed by complete silence again. Injuries: 5
Deaths: 0
The next touchdown happened in Saint Matthews near the intersection of Shelbyville Road and Interstate 264, where extensive damage was suffered by many businesses and private properties. County: Mercer
Path length:
EF-Scale:EF1
Injuries:
Injuries:
Time: 1:30am CDT
It was noted in the local press that the tornado never left the ground along its 15 mile path, and made a "clean sweep" of the earth. Georgia . March 1, 1997
Injuries: 0
Time: 4:00pm
Injuries: 0
The first theories explaining weather phenomena as having natural causes were proposed by ancient Greek natural philosophers. Path length: 2.2miles
Storm Data lists this tornado in McCracken and Marshall counties. Path width:
SPC and NCDC list a path width of 20 yards, Grazulis says 50 yards, Storm Data 14 yards. Injuries: 0
SPC gives a path length of 79 milesNCDC gives 81 miles (including 54 miles in Scott County, which is impossible), and Grazulis gives 36 miles. Path length:
Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. Path length: 3.3 miles
Path width:
Path width: 50 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 5 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 6 miles (which appears more accurate). near Olivet, destroying several homes. Path length: 1/4 mile
Early American Tornadoes 1586 - 1870, by David M. Ludlum, was also an important source. Notes:This tree-top level tornado did all of its damage 20 to 30 feet above ground. Path length:
April 19, 2011
Path width:
Storm Data says this tornado touched down just south of the Gene Snyder Freeway two miles south-southeast of Jeffersontown. Path length: 18 miles
A barn was damaged about a half mile
Path width: 50 yards
Counties: Warren
Noted discrepancies: None
Injuries: 7
Mapped as best as possible, since lat/lon given was just off of Irvine Road. November 9, 2000
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 6
Counties: Logan
Warehouses were unroofed along Stoner's Creek. Path length:
Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale rating for this tornado. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. A tobacco warehouse was demolished on the southwest side of town. F-scale: F2
Counties: Fayette
Path width: 45yards
A few trees were snapped and uprooted. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. The tornado first touched down on the south side of Fredericksburg just south of U.S. 150 where several trees were snapped off. Counties: Orange
Injuries: 0
Path width: 75 yards
Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. Time: 2:00am
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast through the northwest corner of Austin. Path width: 25 yards
Path width:
Time: 6:30pm
Here the tornado tore multiple metal roof panels off a barn, blew the southward-facing overhead doors of a garage in, and tore the entrance door off the garage on the west side. Path length: 3.3 miles
The funnel reached the ground near the intersection of North Main Street and River Park Drive where a tree was blown down onto a restaurant. County: Clark IN
Deaths: 0
Path length:
Deaths:
Counties: Washington IN
April 24, 1955
Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Path width: 125 yards
Significant destruction was done on Main Street between Ninth and Eighth Streets where two of the "best and most substantial business houses in the city were scattered as though they had been made of cards," with the walls collapsing inward. The church itself was leveled. Injuries: 0
Some called the storm "wrong-way" or "backward." For 11 days in 1966, cities across the state, including Topeka in Shawnee County, experienced 59 tornadoes. Injuries: 0
Counties: Jefferson IN
Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Knox and Daviess counties. There were several snapped trees along with roofing damage at several homes before more extensive structural damage occurred at 5250 KY 558. Notes: This tornado began at the Holiday Inn Express in Scottsburg, damaging the east side of the second floor. EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. EF-Scale: EF-2
Deaths:
March 6, 1961
April 20, 2011
Injuries:
This tornado is split into two tornadoes at SPC. Path width: 250 yards
Deaths: 0
An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Deaths:
She had been sucked out of her mobile home when she tried to open her front door. Metal sheeting frombarns was thrown in excess of 400 yards downwind. It threw the debris into a small church and removed some of its roof. At least one barn was destroyed. F-scale: F1
Injuries: 0
Counties: Dubois
About 30feet from the tree there was an outbuilding that had half its roofblown off and the roof remnants were found about 50 yards away. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 5:38pm, NCDC gives 4:38pm, Storm Data says 6:38pm. Path length: 1.5 miles
April 2, 2006
Five grain bins were blown away, and two others collapsed. Time: 2:50pm - 2:51pm EDT
Insulation was found in nearby trees. EF-Scale: EF1
May 9, 1933
Will plot it in Washington County. Deaths:
An outbuilding was destroyed and debris was scattered for a quarter mile. Injuries: 0
Hanover College was torn apart, sustaining ten million dollars in damage, with a few students injured. Time: 10:47pm
Counties: Lincoln
Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC. Path length: 17 miles
9. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data lists this and the following tornado as one. Notes: This tornado touched down just downwind of the previous event, on the property of West Washington High School. But the first specific documentation of a tornado was on July 5, 1643, when John Winthrop, the Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, wrote of a violent wind that blew down many trees, lifted up the Newbury meeting house, and killed an Indian with a flying tree. Damage continued east into Allen County with the last evidence of damage at Walker Chapel Road about a mile south of Highway 100. perfectly with radar signatures to determine that the initial start, point of the tornado occurred 4.5 miles south southwest of, Hawesville in Hancock County along route 2181. Counties: Anderson, Woodford
Counties: Mercer
Path width: 50 yards
Many trees were uprooted and there were signs of rotation on Goose Creek Road. Path width: 300 yards
Deaths:
Christ Church on Churchill Downs had some roof and siding damage. Injuries:
Deaths:
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Palestine. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. Path width: 250 yards
Deaths: 1
April 3, 1974
Narrative: A tornado unroofed and blew out the walls of a bank in Bowling Green. Path length:
Notes: An EF-0 tornado struck Bogard Lane about four miles southwest of Mount Washington at 11:51am. Storm Data says the tornado touched down near Slaughters in Hopkins County, proceeded to Sacramento in McLean County, and then went on to Prentiss in Ohio County. Deaths:
People died in seven different homes north of Caneyville, Millwood, Leitchfield, Clarkson, and Summit. Path width: 125yards
About twenty other homes were damaged. Deaths:
Several vehicle windows were smashed. A wheat field had distinct circulations quite visible. The tornado may have weakened or lifted slightly as the storm moved through Watterson Park and West Buechel. This was consistent with EF1 damage and 105-110mph estimated winds. Time: 3:49am CST
Injuries: 87
Significant damage was done to the property, which included a 30x50barn sliding the wall 12 feet. F-scale: F1
Counties: Ohio
June 12, 1964
The tornado touched down on the east side of Louisville International Airport at the intersection of Standiford Lane and Preston Highway, where it lifted and blew a car 40 feet, depositing it on its roof. Injuries: 0
On August Deaths:
Path width: 350 yards
Deaths: 0
October 7, 2014
Injuries:
Along Grazulis' path at NCDC, Wayne County Illinois is listed as an F4 at 5:24pm, Edwards County Illinois as an F4 at 5:49pm, Wabash County Illinois as an F4 at 6:08pm, Knox County Indiana as an F4 at 6:29pm, Gibson County Indiana as an F4 at 6:39pm, Pike County Indiana as an F4 at 6:48pm, Daviess County Indiana as an F4 at 7:08pm, Martin County Indiana as an F4 at 7:24pm, Orange County Indiana as an F4 at 7:41pm, and Lawrence County Indiana as an F4 at 7:43pm. The tornado thenflattened a fence and peeled a section ofsheet metal on an outbuilding beforelifting. Here the tornado was estimated at EF2 with 115mph winds. Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from just east of Standiford Field to Smithfield and New Castle. Time: 1:25pm
Multiple pine, ash, and oak trees were snapped and uprooted. US Dept of Commerce There was also structural damage and roof damage at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home at 3500 Good Samaritan Way. Along the path, 35 homes, four trailers, 60 barns, and 79 other buildings were destroyed. A freezer was reportedly carried half a mile from the home site. County: Clinton (to Wayne)
So Tee started walking back to his house. Injuries: 0
The survey team estimated well over 500 trees in a 1 mile stretch uprooted, snapped, or pushed over. Time: 8:10pm EST to 8:12pm EST
Deaths: 1
F-scale: F0
Path length:
In all, more than 175 storms - including wind and hail - were recorded, with the bulk of them being in Kansas, Oklahoma . County: Madison
F-scale: F3
Time: 6:30pm
Most of the early pioneers came from Europe and there is no place in the world that has tornadoes like the United States.
Time: 1:54am EDT
Path width:
April 8, 2020
Some bradford pear trees were uprooted on Dan Dunn Road. Path width: 60 yards
Injuries: 6
Time: 9:00pm
Injuries: 0
Injuries:
Notes: This tornado struck Brier Hill. Deaths: 0
In the Canmer area, Gilead Church (near the intersection of US 31E and Gilead Fairview Road) lost its roof, and debris from the roof was found two miles away. Also, an above ground pool half filled with water was missing. Injuries:
Notes: Ten trees were uprooted, blown over, or snapped on either side of Route 66 north of Oriole. Injuries: 10
Noted discrepancies: None
Several homes and barns in the area were damaged. One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. Path width:
Time: 5:30pm
SPC and NCDC list one injury, Grazulis lists four. Give an estimate of the loss to buildings, also specifying the number of buildings destroyed and their characters as to strength, etc. However, Grazulis's "Kinney Station" was likely Kenney Station, which today is Monterey, located 4 miles southwest of Paris. Time: 2:02pm CST to 2:06pm CST
Nebraska, and Iowa occurred on May The path ended at Blue River. The worst damage, near the upper bound of EF1 around 105 mph, was done to a well-constructed home west of Mintonville. Injuries:
Injuries:
Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. Injuries: 0
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one and a half miles south of Georgetown to half a mile southeast of Edwardsville. One person was killed as 15 homes were destroyed near Cox's Creek, Nelson County. F-scale: F1
July 13, 1987
Just east of Route 135, tremendous tree damage wasobserved. Click here for a detailed map of the approximate path of the tornado. Several residents reported a loud roar, their ears popped, and there was zero visibility in torrential rain when the storm struck. November 15, 2005
F-scale: F2
Learn how your comment data is processed. Notes: A small tornado traveled from northwest of Cyclone to south of Cyclone, damaging a few buildings and felling trees. Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Hiseville on Buck Williams Road. There was also extensive snapping and uprooting of trees. F-scale: F3
Path length: 1.6mile
Path width:
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Deaths: 0
A truck and horse trailer weremoved 50 feet and twisted. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path length: 0.5 mile
Path length: 37 miles (skipping)
EF-Scale:EF0
intermittently touching down and doing damage to small outbuildings. Notes: The tornado initially touched down near the Hardin-LaRue County line between routes 210 and 61 just north of Tonieville. Notes: This brief tornado did most of its damage at treetop level, snapping the trunks of or uprooting at least two dozen large, mature oaks and cedars and causing limb damage to many others. County: Edmonson
Noted discrepancies: SPC and Grazulis list 6 deaths for this tornado, NCDC lists 5. The tornado stayed on the ground for one mile before lifting, heavily damaging a church on Dixie Highway, as well as uprooting and snapping several trees and damaging numerous homes. Noted discrepancies: NCDC doesn't list Ripley County. Or, it's also possible that a small satellite vortex spun out of the main tornado to the north. F-scale: F1
F-scale: F3
Deaths: 1
Deaths: 0
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck three miles northeast of Horse Cave, and then to Uno and Hardyville, crossing KY 541 about two miles west of US 31E. Injuries: 0
Path length: 5miles
EF-Scale:EF1
Time: 7:50pm
Time: 10:30pm Central time
June 16, 1997
F-scale: F1
The tornado gradually enlarged and intensified as it approached Brandenburg. Several trees were uprooted. Path length: 0.5 mile
Grazulis narrative: Skipped northeast from 6 1/2 miles southeast of Trenton to southwest of Allensville to near Lickskillet to near Auburn and Richardsville. March 27, 1890
Time: 2:19pm
Time: 5:15pm
Path length: 7.2 miles
Injuries:
Time: 12:14am EDT
Deaths: 0
Deaths: 0
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck just south of Franklinton. Counties: Perry
Time: 12:09am EDT
Counties: Bourbon
September 3, 1970
June 13, 1987
April 20, 2011
Grazulis narrative: Moved east from two miles south of Shepherdsville. Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT
Thousands of schooners, or sailing ships, and hundreds of steamers hauled cargo and passengers between bustling port cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland. No homes were leveled there, but the tornado intensified as it passed north of Madison, and killed seven people in that area. Path width: 60yards
F-scale: F1
Counties: Floyd, Clark IN
Time: 9:27pm EDT to 9:30pm EDT
More research would be nice. From there the tornado moved northeast. EF-Scale: EF-1
Mississippi averages 31 tornados per year, resulting in an average of 7 fatalities. A second storage shed was also destroyed. Though the tornado missed central Winchester, the city was pummeled by hail up to 4" in diameter (grapefruit sized) that damaged roofs, ripped car tops, and covered the ground like snow. Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website, This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville. F-scale: F1
F-scale: F2
A frame home was damaged. Path length:
Path length:
In the southeastern corner of Washington County the tornado struck the town of Martinsburg, destroying 38 of the town's 48 homes. Path width:
Counties: Hart
Notes:A barn, several outbuildings, and two trees were damaged. Notes: Two barns destroyed, one damaged. Time: 6:13pm - 6:17pm CDT
Path length:
Time: 3:30pm
Path width:
Homes on Needmore School Road southwest of Haywood were extensively damaged, and a mobile home was flipped over near the intersection of Riddle Road and KY 249.